The weather may be finally warming up but hillwalkers are being reminded about the significant snow patches which still remain on the mountain after an accident at the weekend.
A 24-year-old woman fell on snow in the Creag Meagaidh area of the Highlands on Saturday – one of three callouts made to Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team.
Volunteer rescuers were airlifted to the scene, near Loch Laggan, by the Inverness Coastguard helicopter and carried the young woman off the hill on a stretcher after she injured her ankle.
She was flown to the Belford Hospital in Fort William for treatment.
Lochaber team leader John Stevenson said: “There are big snow patches out there.
“It hasn’t been very warm so they are hard and will take a long time to disappear. They melt very slowly if they don’t get a long of sun on them.”
Earlier the team received two alerts almost simultaneously to emergencies.
The first was a man walking in the Grey Corries who fell and injured his cruciate ligament.
The team was alerted however the man’s friends headed onto the hill and walked him down.
The second rescue was a woman who fell on the Ben Nevis path at Stob Choire Claurigh, suffering facial injuries and a suspected broken wrist.
She was airlifted to the Belford Hospital by helicopter, which took Lochaber team members to Creag Meagaidh afterwards.